Collar holder



April 14, .1936. I L, E. BAER 2,037,449

COLLAR HOLDER Filed May 23, 1955 /6 2/ /2 A? M2 2 M A TTORNEYS,

Patented Apr. 14, 1936 PATENT OFFICE COLLAR HOLDER Lawrence E. Baer,Attleboro, Mass, assignor to The Baer & Wilde Company, a corporation ofMassachusetts Application May 23, 1935, Serial No. 22,928

3 Claims.

This invention relates to a collar holder, and has for one of itsobjects the provision of a construction in which the portion whichengages one side of the collar flap may be freely swiveled relative tothe portion which engages the other side of the collar flap and yet themovement of the parts will be restricted within certain desired limits.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a pair of grippingjaws which are linked together with the links confined within a certaindefinite position approximating that at which they will be located whenthe collar holder is in working position on the collar.

Another object of the invention is the bending of a single piece of wirewhich is used to form the jaws of the collar holder with a portion ofthe wire extending between the arms of the jaws at a point spaced fromthe bite or U-shaped bend connecting the jaws so as to form a limit orstop for the links which connect the jaws together, thus providing astop from the same integral piece of wire stock which is utilized in theformation of the jaws.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, as will be more fully described, andparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the collar holder;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the holder;

Fig. 3 is a bottom view of the collar holder;

Fig. 4 is a perspective View illustrating the portions of the holder asdisposed in one position and showing the stop as functioning withrelation to the link connection between the members.

In the use of a collar holder, it is sometimes desirable to have thejaws which engage one flap of the collar flexible with relation to thejaws which engage the other flap of the collar so that the same may moreconveniently shape itself about the tie, and in order that thisconstruction may be had, oppositely directed jaws are connected togetherby a link construction, and I have found that at times the links willslide along one of the arms of the jaws so as to dispose this jaw at aposition which is inconvenient for use, and in order that this may beavoided, and without the addition of any separate articulate parts, Ihave so bent the wire that goes to form the jaw that the end portionthereof will extend across from one arm to the other so as to confinethe links which connect the jaws together and prevent them from slidingloosely or haphazardly along the jaws to some position which is notdesired; and the following is a more detailed description of the presentembodiment of this invention, illustrating the preferred means by whichthese advantageous results may be accomplished.

With reference to the drawing, the collar clip consists of grippingmembers III and II each of which is of the same construction. Thesemembers are flexibly connected together by three chain links I2, I3 andI4, the end links I2 and I4 being connected in the bite or U-shaped bentportion of the gripping members I0 and II.

Each of these members I0 and II is formed from a single piece of wirewhich starting at one end I5 will be seen to be disposed in a coil ofabout a turn and three-quarters designated I6, and to then extend in astraight arm I! for a short distance, whereupon it is bent as at I8 intoa U-shape and then extends in another straight portion I9 to apoint'beneath the coil I6 and in contact therewith. The wire is thendoubled upon itself by a bend as at 20 and carried along in contiguousrelation to the portion I9 as at ZI providing the other arm or jawportion. 25 The wire is then bent providing a finger 22 which extendsfrom the arm I9, 2| to the other arm IT at a point which will provide asuflicient space 23 from the bend for the loose connection of the linkI2 or I4 to this U-shaped bend I8.

The finger 22 contacts with or extends sufficiently close to the armportion II so that the wire of the link I4 cannot pass between the endof the finger 22 and the arm ll; thus, although I allow freedom ofmovement of the jaw members by reason of the link connection, theselinks are limited in the movement which they may have along either ofthe arms of the jaw member which is of great advantage in use and yet Ihave 40 not added any separate parts to provide the desired stop at apoint which is most advantageous.

The foregoing description is directed solely towards the constructionillustrated, but I desire it to be understood that I reserve theprivilege of resorting to all the mechanical changes to which the deviceis susceptible, the invention being defined and limited only by theterms of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a collar clasp, a pair of jaws having separable end portionsopening in one direction and connected at their other ends, a linkengaging said connected ends and rockable freely therein, a fingerextending from one jaw to the 55 other jaw adjacent the connected endsof the jaws to limit the movement of said link.

2. A collar clasp comprising two gripping members each bent from asingle piece of wire providing. a U-shaped bend at their inner portionswith divergent arms terminating in an entrance mouth, a portion of saidwire returning from the entrance mouth along one of the arms with itsend portion bridging the space between said arms at a point spaced fromsaid U bend, and a series of links connected together with the end linksof the series engaging said U bends and confined by said bridgingportions to the locality of said U bends.

3. A collar clasp comprising twogripping members each bent from a singlepiece of wire providing a U-shaped bend at their inner portions withdivergent arms terminating in an entrance mouth, an end portion of saidwire bridging the space between said arms at a point spaced from said Ubend, and link means engaging said U bends and confined by said bridgingportions be- 10 tween them and said U bends.

LAWRENCE E. BAER.

